Richard Lindsay Curry

Military
media-37247.jpeg UPL 37247 "Lead crew on bombing mission to Hertogenbosch, Holland, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Queenie'. England, 17 Sept. 44. 303rd Bomb Group."

Rear L-R: 1Lt Howard V Tollack, 2Lt John E Morrow, Capt Robert W Sheets, 1Lt F.E. Umphress Jr, 1Lt Robert P Bliss

Front L-R: T/Sgt James A Ellis, Sgt Charles A Eakins Jr, Sgt Donald E Skinner, Sgt Carl K Shumar, Sgt Richard L Curry

Object Number - UPL 37247 - "Lead crew on bombing mission to Hertogenbosch, Holland, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Queenie'. England, 17 Sept. 44. 303rd Bomb...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. ETD.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queenie
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Beatrice, NE 21 November 1924 Son of Ray Lindsay and Adeline [Nuzum] Curry.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 15 March 1943 Los Angeles, California

Died

Colton, CA 2 December 2011

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, CA Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, California

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster

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